News Releases and Statements

Investigators arrested 46 commercial drivers in and around New York City during a crackdown on individuals who fraudulently obtained multiple driver licenses using an alias.

An employee with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has been charged with bribery for accepting thousands of dollars to provide driver's licenses to illegal aliens who were not entitled to them following an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Nevada DMV.

A Bakersfield, Calif.-based company and its chief executive were sentenced here Monday for conspiracy to export services related to sale of industrial valves to Iran.

A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Monday to trafficking in counterfeit goods for bringing hundreds of bogus, Chinese-made Ab Circle Pro machines and related items into the United States.

Two men were sentenced on Thursday to federal prison for their part in a wide-scale drug trafficking conspiracy. The investigation was led by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Ramon Anthony Nunez, 38, of Allentown, Pa., pleaded guilty on Sep. 22, 2010 to these charges and was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison and ordered...

A federal judge has sentenced the husband and wife owners of a downtown Los Angeles jewelry store to 37 months in prison for illegally importing and selling counterfeit designer jewelry, some of which tested positive for hazardous levels of lead nearly 20 times the amount deemed safe by the Consumer Product Safety Commission for handling by kids.

Ricky Valencia, 24, of Yonkers, N.Y., has been arrested on charges of possession, receipt and distribution of child pornography, following an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). According to court documents in the case, Valencia admitted he had taken pornographic pictures of a minor. He also had used Gnutella...

Three Tallahassee construction workers were arraigned in federal court Thursday on charges of possessing and using a fraudulent document as evidence of work authorization in the United States, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

A multi-count indictment was returned yesterday against five Syrian family members from Jacksonville, charged with conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and to make false statements to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"A citizen of China, who last resided in Bayside, Queens, N.Y., was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 18 months for operating a credit card ""bust-out"" scheme that defrauded financial institutions of more than $200,000. The case was investigated by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) along with a number of other agencies."

A federal jury on Wednesday found Hector Almedina, 25 of Orlando, guilty of conspiracy to import heroin, importation of heroin, conspiracy to possess heroin with intent to distribute, and possession of heroin with intent to distribute. The case was investigated by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Orange County Sheriff's...

ICE HSI special agents arrested Homer Lee Tims, whom a federal grand jury on April 27, 2011, indicted for receiving, possessing and distributing suspected child pornography.

Timothy E. Whitington, 44, who has been in custody since his arrest in late December 2010, faces a statutory sentence of not less than 15 years and up to 30 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, and up to a lifetime of supervised release.

"U.S. ICE's Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) announced Wednesday the addition of Internet safety to the curriculum of all public schools in Puerto Rico and the initiative ""Navega Protegido,"" where students who have received Internet safety orientations by ICE HSI agents..."

John Dennis Tan Ong, 37, of Burnaby, Canada, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act, a law designed to prohibit the export of military articles, including M-4 rifles, which are commonly used by the U.S. military, following an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

"Henry Saravia, 21, also known as ""Flaco,"" a member of the MS-13 gang, was sentenced today to two years in prison for threatening to injure a victim in connection with a gang-related home invasion in Washington in 2009. The sentence is the result of an investigation conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)."

3 suspected members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) street gang have been indicted on federal charges of conspiring to commit murder in the aid of racketeering for allegedly gunning down a Bay Area man last year near a Daly City, Calif., bus stop.

Michael Bonsignore, 44, of Dingmans Ferry, Pa., was charged with production, distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography between March 2007 and April 2011. Allegedly, Bonsignor produced child pornography videos and then distributed them over the Internet.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday began using the Secure Communities program in the following seven Oklahoma counties: Beckham, Custer, Ellis, Jackson, Roger Mills, Texas and Woodward.

Erick Garcia-Sandobal, 29, a Honduran citizen and native, was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to 87 months in federal prison for being an aggravated criminal alien found in the United States without permission after deportation.

"When asked why she participates year after year in a grueling bicycle trek known as the Police Unity Tour, Special Agent Ellen Pierson, with ICE HSI says, ""It's not about riding a bicycle for 250 miles. I believe with the right training anyone can do that. It's about knowing that another law enforcement officer won't be going home to their family.."

In a summary of more recent child exploitation cases in Connecticut, ICE HSI acknowledged the dedicated professionalism of the investigating agents and the successful prosecutions that have resulted in significant penalties for those who engaged in this vile behavior.

Eighteen individuals, including four employees of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DMV), were indicted Friday for document fraud as a result of an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Corey James Loftin, 23, of El Cajon, Calif., was taken into custody at his residence early Friday where agents executed a federal search warrant, seizing four computers, various computer accessories, a pair of binoculars, a modified child's doll and children's underwear.

A federal grand jury here has indicted the president of a Pleasanton, Calif., university on 33-criminal counts, charging her with an array of violations, including visa fraud, money laundering and alien harboring, as a result of a two-year investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).